Can someone please explain to me how you can go through an entire season without any real good wins (yes, I'm talking about Ohio State) and still make it to the national title game? Anyone?
Don't give me the standard "they beat the teams on their schedule" junk, Hawaii beat EVERYONE on their schedule and they aren't in the national title game. No, I'm not advocating for the Warriors, I'm merely using them to combat the silly argument Buckeye supporters make. And, I don't want to hear about the Big 10 being a top conference. It's the 6th best conference according to the Sagarin ratings, one ahead of the Mountain West and two spots in front of the WAC (which Hawaii won).
You don't have to win your conference to play in the national title game (OU lost to K-State in the Big 12 Championship Game in 2003 and played LSU for the national title). Kansas, like Ohio State, has just one loss. KU lost at a neutral site to Missouri. Ohio State lost at home to Illinois. Last time I checked, didn't Missouri beat Illinois on a neutral site earlier this season? Yep, that still happened. Now, do I think Kansas should play for the national title, not really ... but they have a resume quite similar to the one posted by Ohio State. KU won at Texas A&M, at K-State, at Colorado and at Oklahoma State. The Big 12 teams they got at home were the worst ones they played: Baylor, Nebraska and Iowa State. Ohio State won at Michigan and at Penn State, but they got the overrated Wisconsin Badgers at home.
I could go on all day ... but I'd like someone to come up with a bulletproof pro-Ohio State argument that I won't be able to undermine.
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2 comments:
On ATH today, JA Adande pointed out that the Big 10 was 6th in the Sagarin ratings while the WAC was 8th. We already knew that ... it is important to note, though, that there is a substantial gap in the ratings between the two conferences. The difference between the SEC (the #1 conference) and the Big 10 is about the same as the difference between the Big 10 and the Moutain West, and the gap between Hawaii's WAC and the Big 10 is about 3 times the difference between the Big 10 and the SEC.
You've only told us half the story. You have convincingly undermined the qualifications of the Buckeyes, but you haven't suggested anyone more qualified to take their place in the Superdome. Who do you suggest are actually the top two college football teams?
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